Non-refillable bottle.



BEST AVAILABLE COP No. 817,500. PATBNTED APR. 10, 1900 J. MEERMANS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1905.

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BEST AVAILABLE cop JOHN MEERMANS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

NON-REFIKLLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed November 27, 1905. Serial N 0. 289,286.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN MEERMANS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, re-

siding at Cleveland, in the county of Cuya'- hoga and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in N on- RefillableBottles; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved nonrefillable bottle.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a bottle of thecharacter indicated.

which is exceedingly simple in construction and reliable.

- With this object in view this invention consists in certainpeculiarities of construction and combinations of parts herelnafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical section ofthe upper portion of a non-refillable bottle embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 2 2, Fig. 1, looking downwardly.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the body ortion of my improvedbottle, and a the cylindrical neck of the bottle. The neck a is providedinteriorly with a correspondingly cylindrical plug or stopper B, made ofsuitable materialsuch, for lnstance, as glass or porcelain. The stopperB snugly fits interiorly of the neck a. The stopper B is arrangedwithinthe neck a suitable distance below the upper or outer extremity ofthe neck to accommodate the introduction of an ordinary cork C into thesaid neck above the stopper B.

The stopper B is provided in its upper portion and at one side with avertically-arranged groove 5, which extends downwardly from the upperextremity of the stopper into suitable proximity to the lower end of thestopper.

The stopper B is provided, preferably centrally between its upper andlower ends, with a passage-way 6, arranged horizontally and extendingtransversely of the stopper from the groove 5 to the upper end of achamber or recess 7, formed in the lower portion of the stopper. Thetransverse passage-way 6 therefore communicates at one end with thegroove 5 and at its other end with the recess or chamber 7 The chamber 7extends downwardly from the passage-way 6 into suitableproximity but notquite to the lower extremity of the stopper B, and the bottom wallof thesaid chamber is provided with a perforation 8 and has the contourrequired to form a valve-seat 10 around the upperv end of the saidperforation for avball-valve G, which normally closes the upper end ofthe said perforation in the upright and standing posit1on of the bottle.The perforation 8 is in communication at its lower end with the interiorchamber 12 of the body portion of the bottle.

The chamber 7 extends to thecircumferential or exterior surface of thestopper B and has two op osite side walls 13 and-13 and an outwardy-facing central inner side wall 14, as shown very clearly in Fig. 2.Each wall 13 is provided a short distance above the valve G with arecess 16, which .ex tends to the circumferential or exterior surface ofthe stopper B and is arranged in line laterally with the recess 16 inthe opposite wall 13. The recesses 16 in the walls 13 are engaged by across-bar K, which is beveled at the ends, with the said ends flush, asat k, with the exterior surface of the stopper B. The bar K is arrangedin such proximity to the valve G and to the wall 14 that it does notinterfere with the separation of the valve farenough from thevalve-seat. 10 to accommodate the pouring of li uid from the bottle, butprevents the valve om moving to the adjacent end of the passage-way 6 inpourin liquid from the bottle. Preferably the wall 14 is provided with agroove 15, which extends downwardly from the passage-way 6 andfacilitates the flow in pouring liquid from the bottle.

It will be observed that the bar K, extending flush with thecircumferential or exterior surface of the stopper B at both ends of thebar and being arranged next to the outwardly-facing side walls ofthe-recesses 16, cannot become displaced laterally, because the interiorsurface of the bottle-neck a and the said Walls of the said recessesprevent displacement of the bar laterally rections, respectively.

A not unimportant feature of my invention consists in the extensionofthe groove 5 below the passage-way 6. Thegroove 5 is preferablygradually reduced transversely inopposite ditoward the lower end of thegroove, as at 17 Fig. 1, and the said lower portion of the said grooveis enlarged circumferentially of the of the filling L. It will also beobserved that the cement or filling L effectually locks the stopper B inopposite directions, as at 18. The enlargements 18 of the lower end ofthe grooye 5 register with a recess 20', formed within and interiorly ofthe bottle-neck a. The lower portion of the groove 5 below thepassage-way 6 and the enlargements 18 of the lower end of the saidgroove and the re cess 20 in the bottle-neck are occupied by a suitablecement or filling L, which is forced into its place from the outer endof the groove 5. It will therefore be observed that the groove 5performs the function of a passage-way m pouring liquid from the bottleas well as means for permitting the application stopper B .to the'neckof the bottle, and the construction is such that the successfulapplication and operation of a drill to the end in view of unlocking thestopper from the neck is an impossibility. It will be observed,furthermore, that the chamber 7 and the perforation 10 forma'passage-way provided with a valve G, and I would have it understoodthat my invention broadly embraces the combination, with a-bottle havinga neck, of a stopper arranged within the neck and provided with thefollowing: a passage-way formed at a suitable pointbetween the upper andlower ends of and extending transversely of the stopper, a valvedpassage-way extending downwardly from one end of the transversepassage-way and communicating with the interior chamber of the bodyportion of thebottle, a groove formed in and exteriorly of the stopperand extending from the upper extremity of the stopper intocommunicationwith and downwardly below the transverse passage-way, and afilling occupying the said groove below the transverse passage-way andextending into the neck of the bottle.

What I claim is 1. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination, with abottle having a neck, of a stopper within the neck, which stopper isprovided with the following: a passage-way arranged centrally betweenthe upper and lower ends and extending transversely of the stopper; achamber formed in one side of the lower portion of the stopper at oneend of and in communication with the said passage-way, which chamber isprovided in its bottom with a perforation which is in communication withthe interior chamber of the body portion of the bottle; avalve normallyclosing the said perforation; a groove formed in the opposite side ofthe stopper and extending from the u per end of the stopper to theopposite end 0 and in communication with and downwardly below thetransverse passage-way, which groove is enlarged circumferentially ofthe stopper a suitable distance below the transverse passage-way, and afilling occupying the circumferentially-enlarged portion of the grooveand extending into the neck of the bottle.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination, with a bottle having aneck, of a stopper within the neck, which stopper is provided with thefollowing: a passage-way arranged at a suitable point between the upperand lower ends and extending transversely of the stopper; a chamberformed in the lower portion of the stopper at one end of and incommunication with the said passage-way, which chamber is provided inits'bottom with a perforation which is in communication with theinterior chamber of the body portion of the bottle; a valve normallyclosing the said perforation; a groove formed in the exterior of thestopper and extending from the upper end of the stopper to the oppositeend of and into communication with and downwardly below the transversepassage-way, which groove is enlarged circumferentially of the stopper asuitable distance below the transverse passage-way, and a fillingoccupying the enlargement of the groove and extending into the neck ofthe bottle.

3. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination, with a bottle havinganeck, of'a stopper within the neck, which stopper is provided with thefollowing: a passage-way arranged at a suitable point between the upperand lower ends and extending transversely of the stopper; a chamberformed in the lower portion of the stopper at one end of and incommunication with the said passage-way, which chamber is provided inits bottomwith a perforation which is in communication with the interiorchamber of the body portion of the bottle; a valve normally closing thesaid perforation; a groove formed in the exterior of the stopper andextending from the upper end of the stopper to the opposite end of andIIO verse passage-way and extending into the Y neck of the bottle.

4. The combination, with a bottle having a neck, of a stopper within theneck, which stopper is provided with the following: a passage-way formedat a suitable point between the upper and lower ends and extendingtransversely of the stopper; a valved passage-way extending downwardlyfrom one end of the transverse passage-way and communicating with theinterior chamber of the body portion of the bottle; a groove formed inand exteriorly of the stopper at the opposite end of the transversepassage-way and extending from the upper extremity of the stopper intocommunication with and downwardly below the transverse passage-way,which groove is gradually reduced transversely below the transversepassage-way and toward its lower end and is enlarged at wardly below thetransverse the said end circumferentially of the stopper, 7

and a filling occupying the enlargement of the groove and extending intothe neck of the bott e.

5. The combination, with a bottle having a neck, of a stopper within theneck, which stopper is provided with the following: a passage-way formedat a suitable point between the upper and lower ends and extendingtransversely of the stopper; a valved passage-way extending downwardlyfrom one end of the transverse passage-way and communicating with theinterior chamber of the body ortion of the bottle; a groove formed inand exteriorly of the stopper at the opposite end of the transversepassageway and extending from the upper extremity of the stopper intocommunication with and down assage way, which groove is enlarged at itsower end circumferentially of the stopper in opposite directions, and afilling occupying the enlargement of the groove and extending into theneck of the bottle.

6. The combination, with a bottle having a neck, of a stopper Within theneck, which astopper is prov1 passage-way formed at a suitable pointbeed with the following: a

tween the upper and lower ends and extending transversely of thestopper; a valved passage-way extending downwardly from one end of thetransverse passage-way and communicating with the interior chamber ofthe body ortion of the bottle; a groove formed in and exteriorly of thestopper at the opposite end of the transverse passage-way and extendingfrom the upper extremity of the stopper into communication with anddownwardly below the transverse passage-way, and a filling occupying thesaid groove below the transverse passage-way and extending into the neckof the bottle.

7. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination, with a bottle having aneck, of a stopper within the neck, which stopper is provided with thefollowing: a passage-way formed .at a suitable point between the upperand lower ends of and extending transversely of the stopper; a grooveformed in and exteriorly of one side of the stopper and extending fromthe upper extremity of the stopper downwardly into communication withthe aforesaid passageway; a chamber formed in the lower portion of thestopper at and extending to the exterior surface of the opposite side ofthe stopper, which chamber has a bottom provided with a erforationcommunicating with the interior chamber of the body portion of thebottle; a ball-valve seated upon the said bottom and normally closingthe said perforation, and a cross-bar extending over the valve andtransversely of the aforesaid chamber in the stopper, all relativelyarranged substant ally as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a non-refillable bottle, the-cont. tion, with a bottle having aneck, of a Slab per within the neck, which stopper is pro-- vided withthe following: a passage-way formed at a suitable point between theupper and lower ends of and extending transversely of the stopper, whichpassage-way has an outlet at one end; a chamber formed in the lowerportion of the stopper at the opposite end of the aforesaid passage-wayand extending to the exterior surface of the stopper, which chamber hasa bottom provided with a perforation communicating with the interiorchamber of the body portion of the bottle; a

ball-valve seated upon the said bottom and normally closing the saidperforation, and the aforesaid chamber in the stopper having twoopposite side walls and a central outwardly-facing inner wall which hasa groove extending downwardly from the aforesaid transverse passage-way,and a cross-bar extending over the valve and transversely of thelast-mentioned chamber, which is supported from the aforesaid oppositewalls of the last-mentioned chamber, all relatively arrangedsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth,

9. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination, with a bottle having aneck, of a stoppe' within the neck, which stopper is provi with thefollowing: a passage-way formed at a suitable point between the upperand lower ends of and extending transversely of the stopper, whichpassage-way has an outlet at one end a chamber formed in the lowerportion of the stopper at the opposite end of the aforesaid passage-wayand extending to the exterior surface of the stopper, which chamber hasa bottom provided with a perforation communicating with the interiorchamber of the body portion of the bottle; a ballvalve seated upon thesaid bottom and normally closing the said perforation, and the aforesaidchamber inthe stopper havingtwo opposite side walls provided withrecesses extending to the exterior surface of the stopper, and across-bar extending over the valve and transversely of thelast-mentioned chamber and engaging the said recesses, which bar extendsat the ends flush with the exterior surface of the stopper, allrelatively arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

10. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination,with a bottle having aneck, of astopper within the neck, which stopper lSPIOVldGd with thefollowing: a passage-way formed at a suitable point between theupper andlower ends of and extending transversely of the stopper, whichpassage-way has an outlet at one end; a chamber formed in the lowerportion of the stopper at the opposite end of the aforesaid passage-wayand extending to the exterior surface of the stopper, which chamber hasa bottom provided with a perforation communicating with the interiorcham- 817,500 EST AVAlLABLE COP of the body portion of the bottle; aballalve seated upon the said bottom and normally closing the saidperforation, and the aforesaid chamber in the stopper having twoopposite side Walls provided with recesses extending to the exteriorsurface of the stopper, and a cross-bar extending over the valve andtransversely of the last-mentioned chamber and engaging the aforesaidrecesses, all relatively arranged substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

11. A non-refillable bottle having a neck and provided interiorly of thesaid-neck with a stopper provided with the following: a chamber formedin the lower portion of the stopper, with the bottom wall of thecha'mber provided with a perforation communicating with the interiorchamber ofthe body portion of the bottle; a valve contained within thechamber and normally closing the said perforation, and a groove formedin one of the side walls of the chamber and extending from thevalve-seat upwardly a suitable distance, and a passage-way communicatinat one end with the said groove and forme in and extending transverselyof the stopper, said passage-Way being provided at its other end with anoutlet;

In testimony whereof I sign the foregoing specification in the presenceof two Witnesses.

JOHN MEERMANS. Witnesses:

C. H. Donna, B. 0. BROWN.

